Think you might need a cup of recession-proof coffee?

[digitS']

Time to slice and dice:

The fragrance of that smoke is one of the pleasures!

50/50 and throw the switch!

There it is, my "I can't believe it's not coffee!" ad:

Steve

 

[vfem]

Hold on... did you grow your own coffee beans?!!?!?

 

[digitS']

Nope , these plants grow wild around my garden (& I bet around yours also ) . . . I pulled 'em up and those are the roots.

Steve

 

[2dream]

Ok, I am on my knees begging for the rest of the story.

 

[vfem]

Ok... I'm hanging in suspense... I'm lost?!

Fill a girl in!?!?!?

 

[digitS']

They are dandelion roots!

I've also done this with chicory roots - same family, same taste.

. . . very mild, not in the least unpleasant. . . . not to me, anyway. But, it does require the addition of equal parts of ground coffee. Unless, we can come up with a different additive .

Steve

 

[Reinbeau]

Chicory was the alternate 'coffee' of choice back in WWII. I've never tried it, then again, I don't drink coffee, it's mean to me. I'm a tea tottler

I have heard of roasting dandelion root for a coffee substitute, I should open a plantation, there are so many dandelions out there! Someday it'll be lawn.....maybe.

 

[digitS']

I once grew a bed of Witloof chicory. It looked for all the world like lettuce. I couldn't eat it - toooo bitter.

But, I knew that it could be grown from the roots in the basement during the Winter. I harvest a very large plastic storage box of the roots and carried them down to the cold room in the basement. Then I pulled out a handful of roots and put them in wet sand in the warm part of the basement. I couldn't eat the sprouts that grew from them either - toooo bitter !

(Radicchio is not my choice for salad, either.)

I did make some chicory coffee that Winter .

The wild chicory will open its lovely sky-blue blossoms soon. It's such a "scraggly" plant and grows on just the most compacted, terrible ground . . . I think I'll stick with dandelions. They grow everywhere!

Steve

 

[vfem]

You blow my mind!

chicory I've heard of... Dandelions? WOW!!!

 

[momofdrew]

never heard of dandelions as a substitute for coffee
my mom told us about adding chicory during the ww2 and she said it made it very bitter...

do you grind it with your coffee beans??? how long do you need to toast it???